69.9 Total Sunshine (hours)
8.82 Most in a day (hours)
01 Day of Most Sun
3 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Number of days with wind from.

2 N
4 NE
3 E
4 SE
1 S
3 SW
6 W
6 NW
2 Calm

WIND GUST

6.0 Mean Wind Speed mph
36.9 Max Gust
20 Day of Max Gust

81 Cloud Cover %
75 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1018 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1037 Max pressure at any time of day 9th
994 Min pressure at any time of day 20th

STATION NOTES.

The month started with the first 3 days producing minimum air temperatures below zero of -2.1, -2.9 and -1.3 respectively. The ground minimums on all three days were -7c then the temperatures lifted the period from the 13th - 22nd the maximum temperatures were all in double figures and from the 28th to the 30th again good maximum temperatures were recorded. These temperatures saw the means on average +1.0c The month was marked by snow the mornings of the 10th, 11th and 12th and small hail on the 4th, 20th 23rd and 24th. The rainfall nevertheless was only 43% of the average with 9mm of rain falling on the 19th.

The month saw strong maximum wind gusts in the period from 1st through to the 24th with 18mph+ gust recorded with a maximum of 36.9mph on the 20th.

A rainbow was observed on the 20th on several occasions during the squalls of that day

83.55 Total Sunshine (hours)
9.04 Most in a day (hours)
23 Day of Most Sun
7 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

4 N
2 NE
2 E
7 SE
1 S
3 SW
2 W
8 NW
1 Calm

WIND GUST

6.13 Mean Wind Speed mph
31.8 Max Gust
8th Day of Max Gust

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

87 Cloud Cover %
67 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1011 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1027 Max pressure at any time of day 24th and 25th
978 Min pressure at any time of day 18th

STATION NOTES.

On the 3rd, 4th and 5th during showers a rainbow was observed.

On the night of the 9th a grass minimum of 4.0 was recorded

On the afternoon of 26th a storm broke at 12.24 hours and ended at 16.00 hours with a total of 30mm of rain. At its peak at 13.18 hours the rainfall was intense with a rate of 680mm per hour. Parts of Sheffield were flooded with 6 inches of standing water in places.

The mean temperatures were all above average with the mean of +2.32c

The rainfall was also 189% of the usual for the month with a total of 117mm falling

168.08 Total Sunshine (hours)
15.12 Most in a day (hours)
23 Day of Most Sun
3 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

8 N
2 NE
3 E
3 SE
0 S
4 SW
5 W
6 NW
0 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 5.30 mph
Maximum Gust 23.3 mph
19th Day of Max Gust

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

71 Cloud Cover %
53 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1016 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1031 Max pressure at any time of day 23rd
974 Min pressure at any time of day 5th

STATION NOTES.
Despite the fact that I was In Maine in the USA for the first 13 days of the month the AWS linked to the computer did its job perfectly.

The temperatures were above normal by +2.0c on the maximum, minimum and mean.

The rainfall of 67mm was 115% of the average. On the 21st only 1mm of rain was recorded and during a downpour about 2 miles down the road the lower part of a church roof was covered in hail and the roads had water to a depth of 6".

OTHER MEASUREMENTS
87 Cloud Cover %
59 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1016 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1032 Max pressure at any time of day 14th
986 Min pressure at any time of day 23rd

STATION NOTES.

June 2004 was the warmest June in the last 50 years and also a wet month the highlight of the month was the summer storm of the night of 22nd 23rd.

Apart from the spell from the 19th to the 22nd the temperatures held up very well the period 2nd through to the 15th say the maximum fell to no less than 17.0c on the 3rd. The lowest minimum was 6.4c in the wet period of the 18th to the 25th. The averages worked mean maximum 20.7c that was +2.1c. More astounding was the fact that the record for the mean minimum for the month was broken we had 12.7c against the average of 9.8c which gave + 2.9c this exceeded the 11.7c which was recorded in 1992 therefore the mean again was higher16.7c against the average of 14.2 which gave +2.5.

A rainbow was observed on the 9th.

The rainfall was 169% of the average with a wet period from 18th through to the 25th, which took into account the period of the storm a total of 87mm was recorded in that period 39 in the period 22nd-23rd at the peak in this period rain was falling at the rate of 164mm per hour.

The day of the storm the 23rd produced a wind speed of 38.6mhp more dramatic was the fall in pressure from 09Z on the 22nd with a reading of 1011mb decreasing to a low of 986mb @ at 13Z on the 23rd and as the storm moved away on the 24th the pressure was 1000mb at 09Z

118.33 Total Sunshine (hours)
13.2 Most in a day (hours)
5th Day of Most Sun
2 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

4 N
0 NE
0 E
4 SE
3 S
9 SW
7 W
4 NW
0 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 5.33 mph
Maximum Gust 28.6 mph
14th Day of Max Gust

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

88 Cloud Cover %
59 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1015 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1025 Max pressure at any time of day 24th
1006 Min pressure at any time of day 2nd and 3rd

STATION NOTES.

The temperatures were average with a cold period from 8th to the 12th where the maximum temperature aws 18.0c on the 12th.

The rainfall was 197% of the average with a wet period to start the month off with falls of 9mm on the 2nd, 19mm on the 3rd and 16mm on the 4th giving 44mm in the 3 days by contrast the storm of the 6th gave 6mm and the storm of the 20th a further 7mm. There was a total of 19 wet days with measurable rain of 1mm or more.

122.49 Total Sunshine (hours)
10.9 Most in a day (hours)
7th Day of Most Sun
4 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

2 N
4 NE
4 E
4 SE
4 S
2 SW
4 W
6 NW
1 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 4.31 mph
Maximum Gust 23.7 mph
27th Day of Max Gust

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

83 Cloud Cover %
70% Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1010 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1023 Max pressure at any time of day 01st
996 Min pressure at any time of day 18th and 19th

STATION NOTES.

This was the wettest August on record with 192mm of rain falling against the
Previous high of 137mm recorded in 1956 with 65mm falling on the 9th

70 Cloud Cover %
73.8 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1016 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1037 Max pressure at any time of day 8th
991 Min pressure at any time of day 14th

STATION NOTES.

September 2004 was another record-breaking month with a new record mean minimum temperature of 11.6c breaking the old record of 11.5c that was recorded in 1958.

The mean maximum was +1.2c the mean minimum was +1.9c and the mean was +1.6c. The highest mean for the record was 15.9c in the warm September of 1999.

The rainfall was just over average with 73mm falling in the month.

Within the month we had only 2 sunless days

The month started off with a dry spell with no rain falling until the 11th this was quite amazing as I was away in Kenya and up in the mountains at Bunyore nearly each afternoon from 16.00hours to 18.00hours you could guarantee a storm with rain lashing on the tin roofs.

68.44 Total Sunshine (hours)
7.87 Most in a day (hours)
2nd Day of Most Sun
6 Sunless Days

WIND

1 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

6 N
1 NE
4 E
5 SE
6 S
2 SW
2 W
5 NW
0 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 5.7 mph
Maximum Gust 47.5 mph
Day of Max Gust 5th

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

73 Cloud Cover %
73.8 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1005 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1024 Max pressure at any time of day 9th
981 Min pressure at any time of day 21st

STATION NOTES.

October 2004 saw the temperatures at the normal averages for this part of the country.

The first ground frost of the winter was recorded on the night of the 27th of 1.0c

A rainbow was observed on the 4th and the 5th.

At 01.43 hours on the night of the 21st the pressure fell to 981mb

This particular month was a record for rainfall one event in particular was the passage of the front on the 5th of October at 0750 hours the humidity was 84 and at 11.49 hours it was 47% and it rose quickly so that by 12.59 hours it was 79%. The rain started to fall at 10.17 hours and ended at 13.40 hours with a total of 56mm falling during this short period. The rain fell at a peak rate of 534mm per hour at 11.26 hours and at 11.23 hours a maximum wind speed of 47.5 mph was reached.

There were a total of 24 wet days in the month and the total rainfall was 205mm, which is a new record for an October, over the past 50 years against the previous local total of 198.1mm, set in 1958. This again is 205% of the usual monthly total

42.56 Total Sunshine (hours)
7.03 Most in a day (hours)
13 Day of Most Sun
12 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

3 N
0 NE
4 E
1 SE
4 S
2 SW
11 W
4 NW
1 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 4.9 mph
Maximum Gust 30.4 mph
Day of Max Gust 22nd

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

81% Cloud Cover %
78% Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1020 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1037 Max pressure at any time of day 13th
1008 Min pressure at any time of day 18th

STATION NOTES.

November 2004 saw the temperatures at 1.0c the normal averages for this part of the country.

There were a total of 3 days with an air frost the successive days of 19th 20th and 21st and these were the days on which snow was lying. A further 7 days were recorded with a ground frost with a minimum of 8.0c on the 20th

There were a total of 22 wet days in the month and the total rainfall was 96mm, which is 126% of the local average.

Sunshine was in short supply with 42.56 hours recorded during the month with the 13th giving a total of 7.03 hours but in total I recorded 12 sunless days

The significant event was the late afternoon of Thursday 18th when 1 cm of snow fell locally traffic was moving howbeit at a slow pace but the A57 Snake Pass over to Manchester was blocked.

61.25 Total Sunshine (hours)
5.62 Most in a day (hours)
25th Day of Most Sun
6 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

1 N
0 NE
2 E
4 SE
5 S
5 SW
9 W
2 NW
3 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 4.5 mph
Maximum Gust 33.3 mph
Day of Max Gust 22nd

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

75% Cloud Cover %
78% Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1015 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1031 Max pressure at any time of day 8th
987 Min pressure at any time of day 25th

STATION NOTES.

December 2004 saw the mean temperatures at 1.4c above the normal averages for this part of the country. On some days within the month the diurnal range was very small indeed with a of 1.2 c on the warmer day of the 31st as an example and 1.1c on the 2nd

There were a total of 3 days with an air frost and snow was lying only on Christmas morning with a slight covering. A further 14 days were recorded with a ground frost with a minimum of 6.0c on the 20th

The rainfall for the month was below the local average. There were a total of 13 wet days in the month and the total rainfall was 63 mm, which is 72% of the local average. The days from the 1st through to the 14th had no rainfall whatsoever.

There were a total of only 6 sunless days in the month with am overall total of 61.25 hours. Some days had only small amounts of sunshine

34.25 Total Sunshine (hours)
4.35 Most in a day (hours)
31st Day of Most Sun
6 Sunless Days

WIND

1 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

2 N
0 NE
0 E
8 SE
4 S
4 SW
4 W
7 NW
2 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 6.75 mph
Maximum Gust 42.3 mph
Day of Max Gust 19th

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

75 Cloud Cover %
75.0 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1017 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1037 Max pressure at any time of day 26th
993 Min pressure at any time of day 18th

STATION NOTES.

A Rainbow observed on 2 occasions on the 21st.

January 2005 was a notable month for the mildness, the wind and the lack of rain. The month was the one the warmest since 1990 with an average of 6.11c while the rainfall was 61 mm. The main talking point was the wind and the lack of notable snow.

The mean maximum temperature was 8.56c, which was the warmest for 15 years with 1990 showing a reading of 9.8c. The mean minimum was the highest since 1983 these two combined gave a mean of + 2.41c.

Temperatures started mild and overall there wasnt any notable real cold weather to speak of. The lowest maximum temperatures of the month were on the 22nd to the 25th. The only time temperatures peaked below five degrees. Only two air frosts were recorded on the 22nd and 23rd, which is amazing considering the time of year. The highest temperature was 13.5C recorded on the 15th while the lowest was 0.7 on the 22nd. Towards the end of the month temperatures dropped back but still were high enough to make it one the mildest Januarys on record. Ground frosts were only recorded on 4 occasions with the 22nd and 23rd giving low ground temperatures.

January 2005 was a dry month 61 mm, which is 74% of the average, with 9 mm, recorded on the 9th including sleet showers. Snow fell on only 2 occasions during the month on the 18th and 24th giving only a dusting.

The wind reached speeds over 30 mph on six times during the month considering my station is situated in a lee of the hills this is high a maximum of 42.3 mph was recorded on the 19th.

51.22 Total Sunshine (hours)
8.15 Most in a day (hours)
12th Day of Most Sun
10 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

5 N
1 NE
2 E
4 SE
3 S
3 SW
4 W
7 NW
2 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 5.54 mph
Maximum Gust 28.6 mph
Day of Max Gust 16th

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

78 Cloud Cover %
75.0 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1016 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1034 Max pressure at any time of day 9th
1002 Min pressure at any time of day 22nd

STATION NOTES.
March 2005 was a month which started with a cold spell which lasted until the 9th then the temperatures picked up and as a consequence the month was 1.75 c above the mean with the mean minimum being 2.5c above the mean making it the second warmest March mean minimum for the past 50 years according to the local records with 1961 slightly warmer with 5.5c.
It is interesting to note that the mean maximum added to the values of the 8 Marches shows a trend of warmer mean maximums.
1997 12.7
1998 11.5
1999 11.0
2000 12.8
2001 13.3
2002 11.7
2003 12.7
2004 10.0
2005 10.3
The means in the period from 2000 onwards were all also warmer
2000 8.9
2001 9.2
2002 8.2
2003 8.2
2004 6.8
2005 7.7
Rainfall was another factor as the month gave only 36mm, which is 57% of the average with a maximum fall of 7mm on the 26th.
The were only 51.22 hours of sunshine recorded during the month with no sun from the 26th onwards during a further cold period to end the month.
The winter rainfall works out as follows:
Month Total in mms Average %
October 2004 205 280%
November 2004 96 123%
December 2004 61 77%
January 2005 61 74%
February 2005 60 108%
March 2005 36 57%

117.77 Total Sunshine (hours)
10.94 Most in a day (hours)
29th Day of Most Sun
4 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

1 N
3 NE
2 E
3 SE
2 S
3 SW
7 W
4 NW
5 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 4.90 mph
Maximum Gust 27.5 mph
Day of Max Gust 8th

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

85.0 Cloud Cover %
71.0 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1012 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1029 Max pressure at any time of day 11th
972 Min pressure at any time of day 18th

STATION NOTES.

April 2005 was an average month with temperatures 1 degree centigrade above the average. The rainfall again was 125% of the normal with 82 mm recorded within the month with 16 mm recorded on the 15th. There were no high winds either to speak of but 1094 hours of sunshine was recorded on the 29th indicating the lengthening days.

165.49 Total Sunshine (hours)
12.44 Most in a day (hours)
7th Day of Most Sun
2 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39 mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

7 N
4 NE
4 E
7 SE
3 S
1 SW
4 W
1 NW
0 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 6.65 mph
Maximum Gust 27.5 mph
Day of Max Gust 25th

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

75.0 Cloud Cover %
70.0 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1015 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1027 Max pressure at any time of day 11th
1002 Min pressure at any time of day 18th

STATION NOTES.

May 2005 was an average month with average temperatures throughout the month. There was no notable hot spell although 20c was recorded on the 27th. The rainfall again was below average with only 36 mm recorded, which is 63% of the average for May. There was a storm on the 2nd and otherwise apart from a mean wind speed of 6.65 mph the winds were always in the cold sector of the compass 7 days Northerly, 4 days North Easterly, 4 Easterly and 7 South Easterly

161.61 Total Sunshine (hours)
15.99 Most in a day (hours)
27th Day of Most Sun
1 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39 mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

4 N
2 NE
1 E
6 SE
3 S
1 SW
6 W
3 NW
3 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 5.89 mph
Maximum Gust 30.0 mph
Day of Max Gust 22nd

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

73.0 Cloud Cover %
72.0 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1018 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1037 Max pressure at any time of day 7th and 8th
1005 Min pressure at any time of day 30th

STATION NOTES.

June 2005 was a month with slightly above average temperatures throughout the month. There were two hot spells, the first was from the 18th to the 20th and that was punctuated by a storm on the 19th. The second spell was the 26th to the 28th and this also ended with a storm on the 28th. The feature of both storms was the lack of rain in the first storm no rain fell and in the second only 8 mm fell. The rainfall again was below average with only 34 mm recorded, which is 63% of the average for June.

The long days produced 3 notable days of sunshine in the hot spell the 26th produced 14.23 hours, the 27th 15.99 hours and the 28th 13.04 hours and the day after the storm on the 29th was sunless.

165.5 Total Sunshine (hours)
13.45 Most in a day (hours)
11th Day of Most Sun
6 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39 mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

6 N
5 NE
2 E
4 SE
0 S
2 SW
2 W
4 NW
6 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 3.71 mph
Maximum Gust 31.8 mph
Day of Max Gust 20th

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

82 Cloud Cover %
63 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1015 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1034 Max pressure at any time of day 11th
1005 Min pressure at any time of day 6th and 25th

STATION NOTES.
Temperatures were above the mean in all cases for the month
July 2005 saw plenty of cool dull weather mixed with hot sunny weather. Rainfall was absent on 22 days. Despite this heavy rain associated with a weak thunderstorm dumped enough rain on the 27th to bring the months rainfall above average.
It was not a windy month with calm conditions at 09.00 Z on 6 days

164.6 Total Sunshine (hours)
13.10 Most in a day (hours)
21st Day of Most Sun
1 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39 mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

2 N
0 NE
2 E
3 SE
2 S
4 SW
5 W
8 NW
5 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 3.9 mph
Maximum Gust 23.7 mph
Day of Max Gust 28th

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

69 Cloud Cover %
68 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1017 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1026 Max pressure at any time of day 30th
1000 Min pressure at any time of day 25th

STATION NOTES.

August 2005 a month with the temperatures slightly above average with the lowest maximum 17.4 c recorded on the 26th. The 17th and 18th were days when the temperature peaked at just over 27.0c but the hottest day was the 31st when in the evening we had a slight thunderstorm.

The month was a dry month yet again with 31 mm of rain falling which is only 44% of the local average a total of 9 wet days were recorded with the 22nd August giving 7 mm in total as the wettest day.

The event of the month for me was Sunday 21st when in the late evening I observed a Sundog.

135.09 Total Sunshine (hours)
11.18 Most in a day (hours)
7th Day of Most Sun
3 Sunless Days

WIND

0 Days with gale (10 min mean wind 39 mph or more)

Wind Direction number of days with wind from.

1 N
1 NE
2 E
6 SE
3 S
5 SW
1 W
3 NW
8 Calm

WIND GUST

Mean Wind Speed 3.3 mph
Maximum Gust 22.4 mph
Day of Max Gust 7th

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

79.5 Cloud Cover %
79.6 Mean Relative Humidity (Taken at Morning Observation)
1017 Mean Pressure (mb) at 9:00 am GMT only
1030 Max pressure at any time of day 3rd
1006 Min pressure at any time of day 7th

STATION NOTES.
September 2005 was a month of above average temperatures and above average rainfall. One or two cool nights helped cool the temperatures down slightly without those it would have well over normal. The month started hot before cooling down as the month went on. Rainfall started on the low side but a weak overnight storm heralded the start of a wet month.
Temperatures continued the hot weather from the end of the previous month peaking at 26.7c on the 6th. The mean maximum temperature was +2.5c of the local averages, again the minimum was +3.2 and then the mean temperature was +2.3 above the average.
Therefore there was a new local record set for the mean minimum 12.0c was just 0.3c over the 1999 average.
Rainfall for once came in well above average. It started dry then a weak storm produced 35 mm of rain over two days during the 8th and 9th. Further heavy rain fell on the 15th and 28th, 16 mm and 11 mm respectively